Rod Lenz, president of the Republican River Water Conservation District, walks pass a storage tank filled with water that will free-flow down a pipeline to a outfall at the Republican River on Sept. 12, 2017 in Wray. The water delivery is part of the Republican River Compact among Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska.

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